His Excellency, Gov. Yahaya Bello on Thursday charged serving and outgoing National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members to be focused and be zealous in the pursuit of their individual careers.
The governor gave the charge during the 413 NYSC Batch A, Stream 1 passing out parade at Lokoja Confluence Stadium.
Represented...
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has approved the immediate implementation of 30,000 minimum wage for the State workforce with partial consequential adjustment. The Secretary to the State Government, Folashade Arike Ayoade disclosed this after an extensive meeting with the Organised Labour in Lokoja. Mrs Ayoade said the delay...
Immediate past Kwara State Governor Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says claims that his and the Bukola Saraki administrations guaranteed bank loans for Shonga Farm Holdings (SFH) are uninformed and false.
In a statement by Wahab Oba, his media aide, Alhaji Ahmed, who was Commissioner of Finance when Shonga Farms was established...
Says farms sold with no trace of any remittance
Says negotiating to retrieve seized properties from AMCON
Kwara State Government on Thursday said the state had been fraudulently negotiated into underwriting the debts incurred by the former administrations in the name of Shonga Farm, a venture it said was...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged the Federal Government to take the alarm raised by the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on the recruitment of more fighters by the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP seriously.
Governor Ortom in a similar vein has also called on the...
Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has performed the ground breaking ceremony of the Karu Retail and Recreational Centre, estimated to cost N2bn.
Engineer Sule performed the ground breaking at the site of the project into Karu, Karu Local Government Area, on Thursday.
The Karu Retail and Recreational Centre is a...
Lauds Air Force, security agencies for proactive steps
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the administration will make a strong push for the establishment of the Air Force Comprehensive Secondary School to complement the existing basic classes in the state .
He also said the government is seeking the...
Medium goes live on StarTimes Channel 113, FreeTV 502
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq switched on the Kwara Television 24-hour transmission on Tuesday, a giant step that the Governor said takes the medium an inch closer to the administration’s vision of making it a leader in the audiovisual industry...
Former vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says that the insecurity in Niger State is pathetic.
Alhaji Abubakar who was also the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections stated this when he paid courtesy visit to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State at...
Lauds army on Nigeria's territorial integrity
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday reaffirmed his administration's commitment to strengthen existing cordial relationships between personnel of the Armed Forces and civilians in the state.
He also commended their efforts -- alongside other sister agencies -- to protect the national territorial integrity...